Langsett Reservoir and North America Farm

Many local people are familiar with the Langsett and the North America Farm. Some of them will - as I did when a child - have visited the place using the 'Stocksbridge Circular' bus service. Some will also have called at 'Mother Green's' pub - which I believe is now called the Wagon and Horses.

Do you have any recollections of the place - such as: the journey there and back, what you did when you went there, why you went there?

For those who are interested - in the car park just above Langsett - a set of display boards was recently renovated in connection with the visit to this area of the Tour de France. The boards explain the role of Langsett in World War 2 and show some photographs and maps. Amongst the information is some pictures of a giant steel net strung across the entire reservoir to prevent bombing of the dam by hostile aircraft. Apparently this was deemed a necessary precaution after the success of the Dambuster raids.

It is said that the North America Farm was used for 'target practice' by trainee tank crews. This seems unlikely to me, do you know anything about it? There was a lot more of it standing when I was a child and I have visited it regularly over the years, never have I noticed any 'shell damage'.